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Caolan Scully

Sep 4, 2026

25:29
But in the second half, Munster just figured stuff out at halftime and really handled the pressure so much better from Leinster.
25:37
Yeah, I don't know what it was.
25:38
Again, I encourage people to go and watch that behind the scenes video that Munster put up on YouTube today as we speak on Thursday, where Matt Brown is just giving this impassioned speech about defense and then Neve Briggs stands up and it's really passionate.
25:53
Then it's Mae Vogue and we've mentioned Mae Vogue a few times on here.
25:56
Literally the nicest person you will ever meet.
26:00
But she's pitch perfect with those speeches time and time and time again.
26:04
And there's a couple of different things.

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40:01
She's incredible.
6:03
They
6:03
don't compare.
6:04
That's the thing.
6:04
And look, if Chisholm sees a future for herself in sevens, absolutely.
6:07
That's an entirely different question.
6:08
But...
6:11
I think you look at this squad, and for me personally, and this isn't trying to stick the knife in or to be, you know, armchair analyst or anything.

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40:05
But
1:34
And it's an interesting selection, Caelan.
1:38
Yeah, it is.
1:39
And I'm literally typing as we go trying to get the full list up in front of me.
1:44
It is an interesting list because it has gone down.
1:47
And I think you can look at that and a lot of people will be quite critical of that.
1:50
I understand why.
1:52
But I think the brass tacks and the unfortunate reality of it is it's gone down potentially with seven specialists.

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13:31
And it was very evident on Saturday for me, Ulster really failed to threaten Munster in any way, shape or form.
6:39
It's almost like the perfect timing to showcase women's rugby in Ireland and to see who stands out.
6:46
Yeah, no, it absolutely is.
6:47
And if you're Scott Beaman, you must be thinking, this is great.
6:50
I've got a full, you know, clear my four Saturdays, watch all these games.
6:54
I'm not sure how many he's going to attend.
6:56
I assume he's going to be at the finals day.
6:58
But like, just clear your calendar, watch all this, because this is important.

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21:23
You know,
7:10
What is the feeling up there around the way your domestic game's working at that level, just in terms of a product, uh, both TV and for fans?
7:20
I think as a TV product, it's doing quite well.
7:22
Um, I'm not privy to TV numbers or things like that exactly, but I think as a product it's doing well because ultimately the URC has had one of its most competitive leagues, league seasons ever in terms of the regular season, and I think there's a buy-in, I think there's an acceptance among the hardcore rugby fans that the four provinces will be battling for playoffs most years.
7:42
Maybe not every year, but most years.
7:44
That Glasgow will every year, that Edinburgh will probably every second or third, likewise Benetton.
7:51
There'll always be a Welsh team, and there'll be probably three South African teams battling for it, which is pretty good return, in fairness, considering where the league was before.
8:00
And I think there is a very much now we're f- we're aft- we're, ugh, we're about to close the ch- the door on five years of URC action since it got, you know, pushed and expanded and enhanced, and I think it's in a much better position.

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20:20
Uh, Clayton McMillan, uh, in his first season, uh, at Munster, what's the verdict so far?
12:26
was too yeah
12:27
and Look, we won't get into the nitty-gritty of all these things, but this was...
12:34
This is kind of a great litmus test for Bath, because to be fair, they came through a very tough European pool.
12:39
With Munster, they sailed past in fairness, but it was a pretty dogged game for 60 minutes, but they had a 20-minute spell in the first half where they just blitzed them, scored four tries, and they won by 21 points.
12:49
That was quite literally the difference in that game.
12:52
And then they had Toulon as well, which was such a back-and-forth game.
12:55
What really impressed me about Bath, though...

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35:03
And they sort of went bang, bang, and suddenly they were two tries up and they were comfortable again.

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